Can I Afford a Car Wreck Attorney?

Jeff Rasansky, managing partner of Rasansky Law Firm, is an aggressive Dallas personal injury lawyer with 25 years of legal experience.

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Can I afford a lawyer after a car accident? Lawyers are expensive, right?

After the fear and stress of an accident have passed, you’re left with the expenses. The fallout from a car wreck can be severe. It may make it impossible for you to get back and forth to work as you need, and may result in a long convalescence. A Dallas car accident, because the city has limited public transit, can sometimes even end up with the injured parties losing their jobs. Even though there are a lot of emotional issues that you’ll have to deal with, remember that this is a time to be practical, as well, and that you have to consider the future.

Many accident personal injury attorneys will work with clients on a contingency basis. You’ve probably heard this in advertisements described as an arrangement where the attorney doesn’t get paid unless you get paid. This is exactly the case. The attorneys who work under these arrangements take your case and, if it looks like you have a right to compensation, work on the basis of receiving their payment out of your judgment or settlement. This allows you to take your case as far as you need and, in a way, makes the arrangement something of a partnership.

This arrangement also means that the attorney isn’t likely to take a case that doesn’t seem destined to win. There are two ways to look at this. There is the cold, hard financial angle; after all, everyone needs to make a living. The true benefit of this arrangement, however, is that you never have to worry that your attorney is taking your case because they can make some quick money off of you. In many ways, a car wreck attorney offers a service that comes with a guarantee not seen anywhere else.

If you know you’ve been wronged and that you deserve to be compensated, you can usually get a free consultation with a personal injury lawyer. They’ll take a look at your case and advise you as to what you should do. If you don’t have a good chance of winning, they’ll tell you as much and won’t take the case. If you do have a good chance of winning, they’ll help you to craft your case into one that gets you either a jury award or a settlement and will stick with you until the case is closed.

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